linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: histogram fix and take 2 on the __string

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Message-ID: <20210719094557.5b9f5349@oasis.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:45:57 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: histogram fix and take 2 on the
 __string_len() marcros

On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 16:51:58 +0000
Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@...cle.com> wrote:

> Thanks. I can carry whichever version of this patch that both you
> and Linus are happy with. I will apply my changes to use __string_len()
> on top of it, and send the whole mess when v5.15 opens in a couple
> months.

The version in this email is the one that I believe is something that
myself and Linus can live with. It uses memcpy() as it replaces a
memcpy() and I added documentation about it in the
samples/trace_events/ directory.

-- Steve


> 
> 
> > Hopefully
> > it wont conflict with other work I'm doing. But if it does, we'll work
> > it out. I don't have any code that relies on it.
> > 
> > -- Steve
> > 
> > From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Add trace_event helper macros __string_len() and
> > __assign_str_len()
> >